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The Russian Army destroyed in the Kharkov region, in eastern Ukraine, an important arsenal of weapons from the United States and the European Union and caused 280 casualties to the Ukrainian Army, as reported today the Russian military command.
“At the Bogodukhov railway station in the Kharkov region, an important arsenal of military equipment from the US and the European Union. As a result of the attacks some 280 nationalists were annihilated and destroyed 48 combat teams”, said the Russian defense spokesman, Igor Konashénkov.
According to the military command, the Russian Aerospace Force used high-precision missiles to destroy five concentration areas for military equipment and forces, as well as an ammunition warehouse near the town of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region.
Aviation attacked 18 Ukrainian military targets, including two checkpoints in the town of Skovoródnikovo, in the Kharkov region, as well as weapons and fuel depots in the town of Dáchnoye, in the Odessa region, in the south of the country.
They were also destroyed with missile and artillery attacks, 44 accounting positions role and 196 Ukrainian fortifications.
Russian air defense systems shot down during Friday night 13 Ukrainian drones in the Mikoláiv, Donetsk and Kherson regions, in addition to three Tochka-U ballistic missiles and nine Smerch shells over the city of Izium.
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